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Startup Prepares Cracker Attack Emulator

Posted by Zonk on from the cracker-in-a-box dept.

Startup.Blog writes "A startup company MuSecurity is shipping a product that emulates multitude of known attacks and integrates the security checks into quality assurance processes. The company 'will soon begin selling a new vulnerability assessment product that lets technology vendors and enterprise developers test their products with known hacker techniques, allowing them to fix bugs before products are put into use.'"

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  1. Am I the only one ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ... who read the headline and instantly got an image of a toothless Max Headroom wearing a NASCAR T-shirt and a stars'n'bars do-rag?

    Y'all inna heapa trouble, boy! Ah'm in y'all's system now.

  2. cracker? why not honky? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    i don't think there's any reason to get racist about it. what if someone had submitted a story with a title "startup prepares nigger attack emulator"? there's no freaking way slashdot "editors" would have posted it to the front page.

  3. Re:REALLY, REALLY important /sarcasm by HermanAB · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It is hardware - a blue Cat5 cable to plug a Windoze machine into an internet modem and a sophisticated 20 minute sand glass...

    --
    Oh well, what the hell...